NURSING RESEARCH
Dr. Jayesh Patidar
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Diers
“A systematic study of
problems in patient
care.”
Nursing Research Definitions
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Abdellah
“A systematic detailed
attempt to discover or
confirm facts that relate to a
specific problem to improve
the practice and profession
of nursing.”
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Polit and Hungler
“A systematic search for
knowledge about issues of
importance to nursing.”
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Henderson
“A study of the problems in
practice relating to the effects
of nursing.”
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Ways to “use” nursing
research:--journal clubs
--critique research for patient care
purposes
--explaining research to clients
--data collection for others
--reviewing methodology for IRB
--finding research problems
--using research results in patient
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Why do research?
Professionalism
Accountability
Social Relevance
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Evolution of Nursing
Research
Education/Recruitment
Administration/Staffing
Practice
Methodology/Theory based research
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Current Trends
Health Promotion
Nursing Decision Making
Effectiveness of Nursing Intervention
in Selected Health Problems
Prevention
Case Studies/Qualitative Research
Ethnographic Studies
Compliance
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Conferences for Research
Priorities
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#1 through 1994 HIV
Long term care
Low birth weight
Symptom management
Nursing informatics
Technology
Health Promotion
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#2 through 1999 Develop and test community based
nursing models
Assess effectiveness of nursing
interventions with HIV
Develop and test approaches to
remediate cognitive impairment
Assess coping with chronic illness
Methods for promoting
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Epistemology
Sources of Human Knowledge
or “how we know what we know”
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Sources of Knowledge
Tradition or tenacity
Authority
Experience
Intuition
Trial and Error
Logical Reasoning
– Induction
– Deduction
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Tradition/tenacity
Something we know because we have
always known it.
Advantages:
Efficient, provides a foundation of truths
Disadvantages:
Most traditions have not been evaluated
for their value
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Authority
We know a thing because some
authoritative source says it is so
Authorities are not infallible, so always
question authority--what is the evidence
that this is true?
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Experience
Our own experiences may be too limited
to generalize from
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Intuition
It just “ seems” right
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Trial and error
Haphazard
unsystematic
inefficient
usually unrecorded
must make the same mistakes or
discoveries over and over again
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Logical Reasoning Induction--developing generalizations
from specific observations
Induction
Specifics Generalizations
Deduction
Deduction--developing specific
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Scientific Method
The most advanced method of acquiring
knowledge that humans have
developed.
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Scientific Method
Order
Control
Empiricism
Generalization
Theoretical Formulation
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Order Systematic prescribed order in order to
have reproducibility and confidence in
the results
– problem identified
– defined
– predictions of oucome
– information collected according to design
– analysis
– conclusion
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Control
In trying to isolate relationships among
phenomena, scientists must control
phenomena and factors not under
study.
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Empiricism
Evidence rooted in objective reality and
gathered directly or indirectly through
the human senses.
Research is based in REALITY
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Generalization
No research is ever done just to benefit
the subjects, in order to have value it
must be generalizable to a wider
population.
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Theoretical formulation
Theories are manner of organizing,
integrating and deriving abstract
conceptualization about the manner in
which phenomena are interrelated.
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LIMITS OF SCIENTIFIC
METHOD
1. Values or ethics
2. Human complexity
3. Measurement problems
4. Control
5. Ethical considerations
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PARADIGMS FOR NURSING
RESEARCH
ONTOLOGIC-What is the nature of reality?
EPISTEMOLOGIC-What is the relationship
between the inquirer and that being
studied?
AXIOLOGIC-What is the role of values in
inquiry?
METHODOLOGIC-How should the inquirer
obtain knowledge?
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POSITIVIST PARADIGM
Nature is ordered and regular
and can be predicted.
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NATURALISTIC OR
PHENOMENOLOGIC PARADIGM
Reality not fixed but exists
within a context, many
interpretations are possible.
Nothing is absolutely true or
false, only within a context.
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QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
vs
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
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PURPOSES OF RESEARCH
Identification
Description
Exploration
Explanation
Prediction and Control
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Types of Research by Utility
BASIC RESEARCH
APPLIED RESEARCH
COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
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RELATIONSHIPS
CAUSAL vs ASSOCIATIONAL
Requirements for causality
concomitant variation
temporal sequencing
absence of competing explanations
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STEPS IN THE RESEARCH
PROCESS
(Quantitative Research)
CONCEPTUAL PHASE
1. Formulating and Delimiting the
Problem
2. Reviewing the Literature
3. Developing a Theoretical
Framework
4. Identifying the Research Variables
5. Formulating Hypotheses
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DESIGN AND PLANNING
PHASE
6. Selecting a Research Design
7. Specifying the Population
8. Operationalizing the Variables
9. Conducting the Pilot
Study/Making Revisions
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EMPIRICAL PHASE
10. Selecting the Sample
11. Collecting the Data
12. Organizing Data for
Analysis
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ANALYTIC PHASE
13. Analyzing the Data
14. Interpreting the Results
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DISSEMINATION PHASE
15. Communicating Results
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STEPS IN THE RESEARCH
PROCESS
(Qualitative Research)
Circular and Flexible
1. Define/Clarify Broad Topic
2. Review of the Literature?
3. Identify Site/Setting
4. Obtain Access
5. Obtain and Test Equipment
6. Begin Data Collection/Analysis
7. Identify Themes/Categories
8. Triangulation/Saturation
9. Formulate Hypotheses/Theories
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TERMINOLOGY
CONCEPTS/CONSTRUCTS
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
OPERATIONAL DEFINITION
VARIABLES
DATA
HYPOTHESIS (research or
null/statistical)
PROBLEM STATEMENT
RESEARCH DESIGNS
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Concepts/Constructs
Refined general or abstract idea
“good health”
“nursing care”
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Conceptual Framework
A series of concepts or ideas connected
by statements about the relationships
that exist among them
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Operational Definitions
Specifications of the specific and explicit
operations which the researcher must
perform in order to collect the required
information
“Operationalizing the concept”
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Variables
Something which varies
An abstract entity which takes on
different values.
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DATA
Pieces of information obtained in the
course of the study
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Hypothesis
Research--A statement of the
expectations of the researcher
concerning the relationships of the
variables under study HR
Null or Statistical--states that there is no
relationship among the variables HO
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Problem Statement
A the research question or a statement
about the purpose of the study.
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Research Designs
Basic designs are experimental and non
experimental (or descriptive)
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Sample/Population
Sample--the subjects participating in the
study
Population--the whole universe of
possible subjects
Target population--the group to whom
the researcher wishes to generalize the
results of the study
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RESEARCH REPORTS
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
METHOD
RESULTS
DISCUSSION
REFERENCES
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Abstract
An abbreviated summary of the
research problem, methodology,
findings and significance.
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INTRODUCTION
PURPOSE, RESEARCH QUESTIONS,
HYPOTHESES
REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
SIGNIFICANCE OF PROBLEM
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METHOD
SUBJECTS
RESEARCH DESIGN
INSTRUMENTS AND DATA
COLLECTION
STUDY PROCEDURES
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RESULTS
STATISTICAL TESTS USED
VALUE OF THE STATISTIC
STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE
THEMES (Qualitative Research)
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DISCUSSION
INTERPRETATION
IMPLICATIONS
LIMITATIONS
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REFERENCES
All of the literature used in
writing the research article.
Should contain mostly recent
and primary sources.
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Thank you
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